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n. a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918

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Whether he consciously understood the extent of the confusion inside the German high command for the first half of the First World War or whether it was simply in his nature, Hitler was determined to be the supreme commander, as his decision about the expansion of the planned offensive against the USSR in December 1940 and his subsequent decisions of late August 1941 made clear.